19 Responses to “48 students participating in National Archery in the Schools Tournament 2025”

• Nice (04/05/2025, 14:59) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply

  I sawvoach Rick. Awesome
  • @Nice (07/05/2025, 12:35) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

    You meant, you saw coach Rick? Take your time. Lol.
• WOW (04/05/2025, 15:56) Like (0) Dislike (2) Reply

  hot off the press
• Cindy (04/05/2025, 17:36) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply

  our youths are on the move VIP deserve 4 more years
• Apache (04/05/2025, 22:41) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply

  Alyo teaching the kids shoot and kill.
  • Future (05/05/2025, 11:05) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply

    Bowhunting teaches patience, focus, and respect for nature. It helps kids connect with the outdoors, learn where food comes from, and develop responsibility through safe, ethical hunting practices. Unlike firearms, bows are quieter and require skill, encouraging discipline and physical activity. Learning bowhunting builds confidence and strengthens family bonds when practiced together. It’s not just about hunting—it’s about understanding wildlife, conservation, and becoming more self-reliant in a digital world.
    You probably never learned how to fish, clean fish, and cook it. I learned how to pluck chickens from my grandparents. This is a life skill, and children being outdoors and learning about wildlife and nature, versus on digital devices, is in their best interest. I am sure the federation can answer your queries if you just ask them.
  • @apache (05/05/2025, 14:21) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

    Yes we are.
• @Future -an animal lover (05/05/2025, 12:44) Like (1) Dislike (5) Reply

  You sound like a commercial. HOGWASH. Many animal lovers believe that teaching children to hunt promotes violence and disrespects life. From an ethical standpoint, we should foster values of kindness, empathy, and stewardship toward all living creatures. Meat consumption can be balanced with respect for animals and the environment, but actively teaching children to hunt can send the wrong message about our relationship with wildlife. Instead, we can encourage outdoor activities that promote appreciation and conservation without causing harm. Where is the humane society to speak out on this?
  And don't try and stray from the topic at hand. Do you see any outrage when the fishermen by the roadside selling fish? It is obvious you, whomever you may be, have a part to play in the federation, after the eloquent explanation of this federation. So, let me ask you this. Is killing animals with a bow and arrow the only archery sport that can teach responsibility for wildlife?
  • @animal lover (05/05/2025, 21:09) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply

    It's rubber 3d animals.
  • unknown (08/05/2025, 13:12) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

    As an archer and all the years I put into it, I can say without hesitation that archery is a rich and rewarding discipline that does not require killing animals to instill respect, responsibility, or skill. The precision, patience, and focus demanded by the sport are enough to teach discipline and reverence for life, without turning a living being into a target.
    
    There are countless ways to practice and honor archery: target shooting, field archery, 3D archery with lifelike foam animals (non-lethal), and competitive events like Olympic-style shooting. These forms emphasize personal growth, accuracy, and respect for the bow as a tool, not a weapon against life.
    
    The idea that hunting is the only—or even the best—way to connect youth with nature or wildlife is not just flawed; it's narrow. Teaching children to observe, document, and protect wildlife builds a deeper connection rooted in empathy, not conquest. Archery can play a role in that journey without bloodshed.
    
    As for the disparity in public response between roadside fish vendors and hunters, you're right to point out an inconsistency. But the conversation shouldn't stop at who gets a pass; it should go deeper: how do we as a society justify any form of animal death, and under what principles? You’re raising a fundamental ethical challenge, one that organizations like the Humane Society have spoken out about, especially when it involves youth being taught to kill for sport.
• @cindy (05/05/2025, 13:53) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply

  this not cindy from Guavaberry. She'd never, and I MEAN NEVER, endorse VIP!
• @future animal.lover (05/05/2025, 23:06) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

  I agree with you on this. What happens to training them for the Olympics?
  • @future animal.lover (06/05/2025, 07:32) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

    Not everyone is interested in the Olympics. Many are interested in the natural form of Archery. It's not always about competing. Teaching hunting, teaches respect for wildlife. All you have to do is do a Google search. Hunting has been around for centuries.
    It is the same as teaching fishing. It's about being apart of nature. You should try it.
• @animal lover (06/05/2025, 07:19) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

  and pan an, CAC etc? QTNA right now
• @an animal lover (06/05/2025, 07:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

  @Future Thank You educate the people. @an animal lover, Search Google that info is there. You are speaking as someone who is not informed of Wildlife Management. Humans were meant to manage the wildlife. What happens when one animal over populates an area and there are no natural predators? They kill the vegetation in that area, spread disease and in essence kill them selves. Do a bit of reading, it happened a few years back in St. John with the deer population. Then they had to kill all the sick deer. What do you do as an animal lover, do you just eat them? I speak as a certified hunter.
  • hmm (06/05/2025, 10:20) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply

    Then go St. John then.
• tit for tat @ future animal lover & animal lover (06/05/2025, 10:02) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply

  Sounds like school children going back and forth. The only thing I see out of control here are chickens. I don't know what kind of overpopulation you are referring to. There are multiple cases of animal trespass and being nuisances, but overpopulation? Where? Run the numbers. I love the opportunity for our youth, whether for fun or competition, but this hunting business... Its a no for me. I will be appalled if the government permits this. That is my opinion. Oher than that, i wish all the success in the world.
• Nice (07/05/2025, 11:44) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply

  Pull em back n let em fly!!!!!
• @hmm (07/05/2025, 11:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

  ICE will be waiting on them. lol